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The Moon on Monday, August 1, 1949: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 49.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

First Quarter at

12:58UTC

Moon phase on August 1, 1949First Quarter

Monday 1 August 1949371,257 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 1, 1949, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.7% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
371,257 km230,689 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 1949 is on Monday, August 8, 1949 at 19:33 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 25, 1949 at 19:33 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 25, 194919:33
First Quarter (this day)Monday, August 1, 194912:58
Full Moon (after)Monday, August 8, 194919:33

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Monday, August 1, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 25, 1949 to the new moon of August 24, 1949, a cycle of 29.35 days.